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Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 12 May 25

On our recent outing we visited a garden where there were some peacocks. And one of them obligingly displayed his glorious tail for us to admire (well really not for us, but for the benefit of a nearby peahen who I have to say...

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I remembered a name for some 70-odd years

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Mar 23

Our nephew messaged tonight asking if we had old photos from my mother’s side of the family. We do have some and have arranged to give him copies at some point. He also asked if we knew anything about Suffolk Punches that he...

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Pretty Pekin bantams

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Aug 22

I have my nephew’s permission to show these two photos of his new Pekin bantams. Aren’t they just the cutest little chickens? In some countries, the Pekin is called a ‘true’ bantam as it has no large fowl equivalent. However,...

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A muddy day for a ride

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jul 21

These before and after photos shows a Clydesdale which not a breed you’d expect to see at a horse endurance ride. However, it was entered in the 10 km ride and would have had no trouble covering such a short distance. Possibly...

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And Momma Bird Looks To Be....

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 26 Apr 21

A wren! I got a glimse of her today. I opened the back door to go outside and as I was walking down the steps I saw a little bird land on top of the rail on the utility trailer. I knew then that she was guarding her babies...

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He remembers the little birds ..

Aleskys Cardozo @Aleskys (5879) • Venezuela 12 Apr 20

Well, today I already have 8 days there, so they look good and with some feathers and as always very hungry, they will only open their beaks asking for food and the parents come and go looking for insects to feed them :)

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Feathers from the forest red-tail black cockatoo

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Jan 19

While out and about on our 18 acres in south-west Western Australia, I occasionally come across pretty feathers. These four were picked up at various times and are from the forest red-tail black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)....

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Crows or ravens - a matter of a pinion

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec 18

What Australians call a ‘crow’ is actually a raven (Corvus coronoides). It is 46–53 centimetres (18–21 in) in length and basically all black with an iridescent sheen to the upper parts. There is an Australian crow, also known as...

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I wish it were a real bird

rebelann1949 @rebelann (117206) • El Paso, Texas 28 Aug 17

She thinks I'm dumb I want a real bird to play with but all I get is feathers on a stick Ohhhh, yummm, tasty bird But I guess if I keep battin at them feathers she'll be happy and...

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How feathers grow

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 12 Oct 16

Have you ever wondered how feathers actually grow? Any bird keepers of course will know this but for the rest of us the process is quite interesting. First the tip of the feather grows through the skin, wrapped in a sheath of...

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Ok, you only have 30 days to get all that candy ready to give away

rebelann1949 @rebelann (117206) • El Paso, Texas 30 Sep 16

Yep, not really that much time when ya think about it. Sooo, do kids still knock on your door on that spooky night? I miss those days when the last thing you'd see trick er treatin was a kid in a hippie or princess outfit, I mean...

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What a surprise ..... Max loves to play

rebelann1949 @rebelann (117206) • El Paso, Texas 24 Sep 16

Years ago I bought Boobear a couple of those feathers on sticks thingyz they used to make and she loved them. Imagine my surprise when I took one into the kitties room to see what Meetzee and Max would do. Meetzee did bat at...

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Dinosaurs With Feathers

peavey @peavey (16936) • United States 11 May 16

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has an article about how scientists are beginning more and more to think that many more dinosaurs than we have believed up to now, had feathers. Not just the Archaeopteryx and such, but Tyrannosaurus...

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Dive Like A Duck

PaintsOnSlate @PainsOnSlate (21845) • Canada 17 Mar 16

Don't you wish you could sit on water like a duck does? Who needs a boat if you have a substance all over your clothing that keeps you afloat. The duck above was showing off his tail feathers. I wonder if in duck speak that is...

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Naked chicks cover up for autumn

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 21 Oct 15

Ha ha I thought that would get your attention! I just wanted to show you that our ‘new girls’, the three ex-battery hens that we rehomed at the start of the month, have settled in very happily and are doing well, and yesterday I...

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Using animals parts in my Native American crafts

oscarbartoni @oscarbartoni (2581) • United States 14 May 11

I use many different parts of animals in my crafts including teeth, claws, feathers, tails, etc. Most of these would normally be thrown out by by the people who killed these animals but I have found that some things are very...

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Featherbeds

ANTIQUELADY @ANTIQUELADY (36440) • United States 8 Feb 11

I was wondering how many people have slept on a featherbed.One of my grandmothers always had them on her bed & one didn't.I loved them when i was growing up but she was the only one that had them. I'll be honest i loved about...

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I have come upwith a free cats activity by pure luck!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 6 Sep 10

Yesterday I noticed a large feather sticking upfrom my lawn, whether it arrived there via the stron wind we had or whether it was from intervention via my son ( I strongly suspect the latter!!) Looking out of my kitchen window a...

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Ravens and Crows

Gorillafootprints925 @Gorillafootprints925 (3586) • United States 13 Jul 10

How can I tell between Ravens and Crows? In my backyard we have young birds with their moms. They are black I think the moms are brown. They were black and come in packs. I'm not sure if they were ravens. What do you think?

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Is There a chicken in your neighbor's backyard?

barehugs @barehugs (8973) • Canada 6 Jul 10

A new Craze is coming! The "back to nature" addicts are itching to keep chickens in their backyard. Some cities in Ontario have already Oked the idea, which is only spurring the intention on. If you have been awakened at 3 am by a...

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